How Far Are You Drilling Down as a Leader?
As a coach of leaders and their teams, I am aware that something essential to effective performance isn’t regularly taking place. I call it the “drill-down.” I often get called by Founders, Presidents and CEO’s to help them improve in a variety of areas relevant to performance. This is the heady stuff of strategy, visioning, […]
Are You Doing the 9 Things Positive Leaders Do?
I am keenly aware of the importance of positivity in leadership. The environment in which we are living is so full of negativity that it can become overwhelming to process it and keep one’s positive outlook. Fortunately, a prolific leadership writer, Jon Gordon has written a book to help us. If you are challenged by […]
Are You Missing Out on a Simple Leadership Tool?
What’s the most underrated and simple tool to improve leadership performance? Sleep. In spite of many, many Americans running on fumes, more folks are coming out of the shadows to admit this important fact: I do not sleep well or enough, and am chronically exhausted at work. What we may not know is how this […]
How Can Leaders Remain Energized and Avoid Depletion?
It’s almost a fact of leadership life. While most leaders enjoy the human and business challenges of leading (much of the time), what I often hear is how exhausting it all can be. Leadership depletion has almost become expected in many circles. Many assume it comes with the territory. A 2017 Gallup survey reports that […]
How Clear is Your Strategic Thinking—Really?
As an executive coach and consultant to entrepreneurial Founders, CEO’s and their teams, one of the most vexing challenges I often observe with clients is a perceived lack of time for strategic thinking. According to an article by Dorie Clark in the Harvard Business Review, “In one survey of 10,000 senior leaders, 97% of them said that […]